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Chapter Twenty-Eight

Everyone sat down according to the number assigned to them. Rei had to sit next to Lee. She smiled at him and looked around to see where the other had been seated. She saw that they were all far from her and sighed. Sasuke smirked at her and she smiled. After Ibiki, the first proctor had explained to them what the first exam consisted of they began. Rei looked at the questions and frowned. They were fairly difficult. She sighed and answered as many as she could. She managed to answer four, but that still left six more questions although the last one would be given at the end.

She looked around to the others and frowned when she saw Naruto. She knew he wouldn't be able to answer the questions and if he cheated and got caught they would all have to leave. She wasn't worried about Sasuke as he would find a way to get through this and Sakura would be able to answer the questions. As she sat there she realized what the purpose of the test was and slumped on her desk. The fact that they expected them to cheat just made things worst and she wondered if Naruto had understood that they were testing their information gathering skills.

As she sat there worrying about her teammate she saw Lee move beside her from the corner of her eye. She glanced at him and saw that he had tied his headband around him forehead. She smirked. She took a guess of why he had chosen to modify his outfit in the middle of the exam and looked up. She grinned as she saw the mirrors in the ceiling reflecting someone's paper. She guessed by the kunai moving the mirrors that it was Ten Ten's test. She smirked and began to copy the answers. She really was lucky to get a seat next to Lee, otherwise she would have had to come up with her own way to cheat and honestly, she was too lazy.

After a while Ibiki finally told them it was time for the last question. She was surprised to hear of the conditions, but didn't care as she knew she would somehow find a way to answer the question. Her only concern was Naruto and by the way Sakura was looking at him she was concerned too. She sighed as she knew that Naruto would take the question. He wouldn't give up no matter what. She was surprised by the number of people that had either left, or had been kicked out for cheating. There was only a small number of people that decided to take the tenth question. She was both surprised and relieved when she heard that there was no tenth question.

Suddenly, a large object crashed through the window and unrolled into a large banner. A woman stepped out of it and introduced herself in a very flamboyant fashion. Rei sweatdropped at the strange woman and was surprised to learn that she was the next proctor. Still, she was relieved that the first exam was over and that by some miracle, they had managed to get through it successfully.

Rei woke up and growled at the sun as though it had done her some great evil. She sighed and reluctantly got put of bed. She looked at the clock and her eye twitched.

"Damn, I'm late."

With those words she dashed into the restroom and took what was perhaps the quickest shower of her life. She picked up her things and got dressed as she ran to the kitchen. She grabbed some fruit and stuffed it into her kunai pouch hoping her breakfast wouldn't be stabbed to death. She bit into an apple and rushed to the door. She pulled her shoes on as she held the apple in her mouth and then ran out of her house and towards the training grounds where the test would take place.

"Damn, Sasuke's gonna kill me if I'm late!"

Sasuke was standing with his teammates and the other Gennin waiting to take the test. He frowned and felt his eye twitch as he looked around and failed to find Rei.

"I'm going to kill her." He growled.

Somehow he knew she would be late, but he had still hoped she would show up on time. He sighed as he realized that she would never change. He knew he should have gone to pick her up, but he had been stupid enough to trust her with being responsible even knowing how much she loved to sleep until late. He was snapped out of his thoughts as Naruto yelled next to him.

"Hey, look! Rei-chan is here!"

Sasuke turned to where Naruto was pointing and saw her walking towards them. Even though he was annoyed he couldn't help but smirk. From what he could see she had definitely woken up late, but he could also tell that she had tried to be on time. Her clothes were messy and she looked like she had run all the way there. He also noticed with a twinge of concern that she was eating an apple. She got to where they were and smiled sheepishly.

"Um, sorry I'm late, but you see, I was coming here when an old lady asked me for help and-"

"Liar!" Naruto exclaimed

"Kakashi would be proud of you if he heard the lame excuse you came up with."

She turned and glared at Sasuke.

"Oh, shut up."

He smirked and then frowned slightly as she took a bite of her apple and looked around.

"Is that supposed to be your breakfast?" He asked.

"Yeah, so what?"

"You should have eaten something before you left. We still don't know what this test consists of, but if we already did the written part this will probably test our physical abilities."

"Don't worry, I have some fruit in my kunai pouch. Besides, I don't need that much food."

Sasuke sighed and shook his head. Rei smiled at him.

"Sasuke."

He turned to her as she smiled.

"Don't worry." She said happily.

Something about the way she said it calmed him down a bit. He smirked.

Soon Anko, the proctor of the second test arrived and explained the test to them. It was a survival test and Rei was suddenly happy that she had grabbed something to eat. Although she hated to admit it, Sasuke was right. She should have gotten some real food before she left. As she thought about this she heard Naruto arguing and turned around when he had suddenly become quiet. She saw Anko standing behind him and a strange woman standing behind Anko and handing her a kunai. What was disturbing to her was that the woman was using her tongue to hold the kunai. There was something strangely familiar about the woman, but she dismissed the thought as being ridiculous. She would recognize anyone from her past. After the explanation they were given in which they were told they would get one scroll and would have to obtain the other from an opposing team they were given forms to sign. Rei sat next to Sasuke and signed the paper.

"Hey, Sasuke, how long do you think it'll take us to do this exam?"

"I don't know, but I guess we'll probably need all five days."

Rei looked up at the forest and sighed.

"I hate this."

Sasuke turned to her and saw her frowning.

"What's wrong?"

She sighed.

"It's just, I have a bad feeling about this."

Sasuke looked out at the forest and then back at Rei.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll pass this test as well."

"I hope so, but that's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?"

"Well, it's just that, I feel like something bad is going to happen. I'm worried, this test is dangerous, Sasuke, people die in it and I don't want anyone of you guys to get hurt."

Sasuke smirked.

"I didn't know you could be so caring."

"Shut up."

Sasuke chuckled.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll be fine. Besides, I'll be there with you."

Rei smiled.

"I know."

"Rei."

"Yeah?"

"If anything does actually happens, I want you to get out of that place as fast as you can."

Rei looked at him for a minute and then, without warning she smacked him on his head.

"What the hell was that for?"

"For being an idiot! Do you really think I would leave you and the others?"

Sasuke sighed and looked away.

"Fine, just…be careful…."

Rei smiled.

"I know. You have to be careful too. You're not invincible you know. You just happen to be stronger than most, but you're too arrogant."

Sasuke looked at her and smirked.

"Whatever, come on, let's go."

They stood up and went over to the others. They turned in their forms and received a heaven scroll. They went to gate twelve and waited there to be let in. After thirty minutes the gate was opened and they moved into the forest. They began running through the forest, jumping from branch to branch. As they ran Rei couldn't stop thinking of the strange woman they had met before the test. She still seemed familiar and it bothered her. She knew that if she was from her past there was little chance of her being good. She couldn't shake off the feeling that something was going to happen and for a moment she regretted getting into the exams. She sighed and Sasuke noticed. He slowed down and ran next to her.

"Are you alright?"

She grinned.

"Of course I am. I'm just a bit bored. You'd think we would have run into someone by now."

Sasuke smirked and shook his head.

"Yeah, but the test just started, although you do have a point. We should have run into someone."

"Do you think there's any traps around here?"

"Probably, I'll stay in the front and watch out for them."

Sasuke turned to the other two and told them to watch out for traps. Suddenly, they heard a scream. Rei turned to Sasuke.

"I guess the exam just started."

End Chapter Twenty-Eight

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